Ottawa

Er, forget he said that

The Harper government quickly dismisses any suggestion of specificity in the Finance Minister’s latest comments about OAS.

But a government spokesman quickly discouraged that kind of math. The official stressed that the comment was simply an effort by Mr. Flaherty to signal that no changes are imminent. 

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